Sardarshahar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sardarshahar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sardarshahar plotted against Rajasthan and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sardarshahar peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Rajasthan which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sardarshahar's incremental SNDi fell from 1.97 to 1.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sardarshahar ranked 7th out of 95 cities in Rajasthan and 90th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.53
- Rank in India
- 70th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 4th of 95
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.82
- Rank in India
- 90th of 1868
- Rank in Rajasthan
- 7th of 95
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tulkarm, Palestine
- Bayambang, Philippines
- Duki, Pakistan
- Dondo, Mozambique
- Haluaghat, Bangladesh
- Chachoengsao, Thailand
In new street additions, Sardarshahar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tulkarm built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dondo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sardarshahar and Tulkarm both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Dondo became progressively more disconnected. Sardarshahar and Dondo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.